Assistant Professor Coriana Close and Dr. Cynthia Sadler of the University of Memphis will show recent work made with U of M students during May Trolley Night on South Main. This work comes out of Hidden Histories, a collaboration between the Photography and African American Studies departments at the University of Memphis and the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa. The course focuses on recording lost histories of Southwest Memphis.

Students from various departments are teaming up to record oral histories and create documentary photographs to tell a hidden story of the area. The class will culminate in the creation of an e-book and an exhibition (details to be announced).

Number: Inc is excited to announce a juried exhibition entitled Art of the South 2014. This exhibition will take place at the Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary at University of Memphis. Art of the South 2014 is a juried exhibition open to all artists 18 and older working in any media residing in AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, TN, TX, or SC.

About the Juror

Alice Gray Stites is Vice President and Museum Director of 21c Museum Hotels. In this role, Stites serves as Director and Chief curator of 21c Museum, North America’s first multi-venue museum dedicated solely to collecting and exhibiting art of the 21st century. Located in Louisville, Cincinnati, and Bentonville, 21c was founded by Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson collectors and preservationists who are committed to bringing works of art to the public through innovative exhibitions and programs that integrate contemporary art into daily life. Stites curates site-specific installations, rotating exhibitions, and a range of cultural programming at all 21c Museum Hotels. 21c also collaborates on arts initiatives with artists and other cultural organizations worldwide. Since opening in Louisville in 2006, 21c has presented over 80 exhibitions; recently, Stites has curated Blue: Matter, Mood, and Melancholy; Aftermath: Witnessing War, Countenancing Compassion; Portraits: Pierre Gonnord; Hybridity: the New Frontier; Dis-semblance: Perceiving and Projecting Identity; Wild Card; The Art of Michael Combs, A Fifteen-Year Survey; OFF-Spring: New Generations; and Transporting Transformation: Cuba, In an Out, all of which are included in 21c Museum’s current rotation of exhibitions.

Prior to joining 21c as Chief Curator in 2012, Stites was director of artwithoutwalls, a non-profit, non-collecting public arts organization, and from 1995-2006 was adjunct curator of contemporary art at the Speed Art Museum. Stites has lectured at universities and conferences, including Art Basel Conversations, Leaders in Software and Art, TEDx Stockholm, the University of Louisville, the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts, and was a juror for ArtPrize 2013. She currently serves on the advisory boards of the University of Kentucky and the University of Arkansas. Stites graduated magna cum laude from the University of Virginia, and holds an M.A. from Columbia University.

Opening Reception June 6, 6:00 to 9:00 PMMarshall Arts639 Marshall AvenueMemphis TN"This Art Has Cooties" is a look at work by regional female artists whose work, due to its size, imagery, materials, or process, is considered "feminine." It’s not that the work isn’t good; it’s just that you don’t see as much of it as you probably should. Because it has cooties.

This exhibit showcases solid, interesting, intelligent, playful, and compelling artwork that is made by women, without concern for demographic appeal.

Part of a summer series, Whet Tuesdays invite you to enjoy the Metal Museum after hours. Whet your appetite with a specialty drink from the cash bar or Caribbean cuisine from Paul's Cariflavor food truck, hone your casting skills by participating in a Foundry class, explore our newest exhibition Protective Ornament, or simply watch the sunset on the Mississippi while listening to live music performed by the string duet Scroll.

Memphis, Tenn. — Methodist North Hospital will hold the Walking in Memphis Art Appreciation Event on June 5 to recognize Memphis College of Art students Terri Scott, Dezmond Gipson, Laura Miller, Kathie Rupert, Maysa Sem and Barrett Smyth. The students created Memphis-themed art pieces for Methodist North Hospital’s Total Joint Center as part of an MCA Give Back project.

“The idea was for the students to create artwork based on Memphis landmarks that patients could walk toward after their hip or knee replacement,” said Carrie Brooks, MCA’s director of career services and head of the Give Back program. “The original idea was a mural, but it later evolved into the students creating individual pieces, which would allow for the artwork to change locations depending on the needs of the Center and also allow the students to work in their preferred medium,” said Brooks.

Many of Memphis’ most treasured landmarks are featured in the artwork. Terri Scott created artwork depicting the Pink Palace and Beale Street, while Barrett Smith painted the Liberty Bowl and the Pyramid. Dezmond Gipson turned his talents to Graceland, Maysa Sem and Laura Miller collaborated in a tribute to the Memphis Zoo, and Kathie Rupert chose the Hernando DeSoto Bridge over the Mississippi River as her subject.

The reception will be held on Thursday, June 5 from 3–5 p.m. in the lobby of the Total Joint Center of the Methodist North Hospital, 3960 New Covington Pike.

Hello, All! I just heard through the grapevine that the Executive Director position (formerly held by Kristan Huntley) at the Cooper Young Community Association has opened up. If you are interested in this position, please email cover letter and resume to cyca.june@att.net.

Much like an old fashioned chain letter, Mary Jo Karimnia invited one artist toexhibit, this artist invited the next and so on. Each artist was asked to invite someone whose work they were interested in but whom they did not know well, providing a show opportunity for a diverse group of artists as well as a format for local artists to get to know each other.

The show will run thru Wed June 25 with open hours on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1-3:00 and a closing and informal artist chat on Wed June 25 from 6-9:00.

The Metal Museum celebrates blacksmiths everywhere with International Blacksmiths' Day on May 24!

We may know who designated the last Saturday in May as International Blacksmiths' Day, but we're sure glad they did! The Metal Museum is celebrating with free admission and blacksmithing demonstrations all day long.

International Blacksmiths' Day also provides a last chance to see two of the Museum's special exhibitions, On the Edge: Process, Material, and Form in Contemporary Knife Making and A Dog Looks at a Bishop, which close on May 25. For more information about current exhibitions at the Metal Museum, visit our website.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis College of Art announces the opening of Uncommon Ground, an exhibition of work by Carl Moore. The exhibition will be on view from May 17 through July 27 in the Alumni Gallery, Rust Hall, 1930 Poplar Ave., Overton Park.

Moore, who was born in Canton, Miss., earned both his BFA and MFA at Memphis College of Art and currently lives and works in Memphis as a professional artist and designer. Moore considers his art a form of visual communication, utilizing simplicity and depth to express modern, social and economic conditions that affect people’s lives on a daily basis. By taking advantage of current events and themes, Moore creates a connection between the personal and the public with the use of color and composition to express mood, beliefs and ideas. Moore cites Jacob Lawrence, Stewart Davis, Salvador Dali, Charles White and Michelangelo as artists that have influenced his work.

“Uncommon Ground explores the questions and ideas of everyday life, based on the way we live and interact as a collective social group,” says Moore. “It examines the ideology that things are not always as they seem. Up is not always high. Down is not always low. Dark is not always bad. White is not always good. The exhibition attempts to show those areas where we are the most comfortable and content with where we are in our surroundings, but challenges our awareness of the unsettling changes that take place day to day.”

The Alumni Gallery is open for viewing on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. MCA exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Friends,Lots developing at our new Cooper-Young space. We have a large selection of great art here! We are hosting a Grand Re-Opening on Friday, May 23rd from 6 to 9pm. Please join us for this exciting event. I deeply appreciate all the love and support that has been coming my way; happy to once again be part of this awesome neighborhood. Call me if I can assist you in any way.Lots of love,Jay942 South Cooper St.

LM Gallery 363 and Jay Etkin present The Drawing Show.Leadership Memphis Reception, Friday, May 30, 6-8:30pm at 363 South Main St. during the monthly Trolley Art Tour. Work on display through June 23. Artists included: Larry Edwards, Bobby Spillman, Alex (Warble) Harrison, and guest artist to be announced.Info: 901-550-0064

Catherine Erb presents the first installment of her botanical series the weekend of May 17. Catherine spent the last year recalling the Dixon she explored as a child. The images, captured through the lens of her present perspective, are the folly and muse of youth; blurred, sharpened, and filtered by growth, age, and time. The resulting series reveal vividly atypical aspects of flora, Erb’s hauntingly beautiful images create a mesmerizing collection. For additional information about the images, contact Michel Allen Skaggs at (917) 202-3206 or michaelallenconsulting@gmail.com.

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